'You Already Speak Arabic!': Arabic Loanwords in European Languages In brief Date - 16 November 2023 Venue - Project Room 1.06, 50 George Square Title - You Already Speak Arabic! Arabic Loanwords in European Languages Book your free spot via Microsoft Forms About the event If you're not an Arabic speaker, you might be surprised to know that you use Arabic words every day! For example: alcohol, average, camera, candy, coffee, guitar, magazine, mattress, sofa, sugar, zero, and many more. This workshop is designed to be hands-on, engaging, and inspiring. It will help attendees discover for themselves the cultural, historical, and linguistic insights behind commonly-used English words of Arabic origins. It aims to show how, to some extent, we all use Arabic in our daily lives. How to attend This event is free to attend, and open to all. Reserving a space can be done using the following Microsoft Form. Book your free spot via Microsoft Forms Are you interested in studying with us? We are the only university in Scotland to offer courses in the Muslim world's three main languages, placing Arabic, Persian and Turkish in the context of history, literature, culture, religion and politics, past and present. Choose from a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, including PhD programmes. Find out more about Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Edinburgh Nov 16 2023 16.00 - 19.00 'You Already Speak Arabic!': Arabic Loanwords in European Languages An in-person language awareness workshop focused on exploring the amount of Arabic loanwords we use in our daily lives as English speakers, and the cultural insights we can gain from them. Project Room 1.06 50 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue Book your free spot via Microsoft Forms
'You Already Speak Arabic!': Arabic Loanwords in European Languages In brief Date - 16 November 2023 Venue - Project Room 1.06, 50 George Square Title - You Already Speak Arabic! Arabic Loanwords in European Languages Book your free spot via Microsoft Forms About the event If you're not an Arabic speaker, you might be surprised to know that you use Arabic words every day! For example: alcohol, average, camera, candy, coffee, guitar, magazine, mattress, sofa, sugar, zero, and many more. This workshop is designed to be hands-on, engaging, and inspiring. It will help attendees discover for themselves the cultural, historical, and linguistic insights behind commonly-used English words of Arabic origins. It aims to show how, to some extent, we all use Arabic in our daily lives. How to attend This event is free to attend, and open to all. Reserving a space can be done using the following Microsoft Form. Book your free spot via Microsoft Forms Are you interested in studying with us? We are the only university in Scotland to offer courses in the Muslim world's three main languages, placing Arabic, Persian and Turkish in the context of history, literature, culture, religion and politics, past and present. Choose from a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, including PhD programmes. Find out more about Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Edinburgh Nov 16 2023 16.00 - 19.00 'You Already Speak Arabic!': Arabic Loanwords in European Languages An in-person language awareness workshop focused on exploring the amount of Arabic loanwords we use in our daily lives as English speakers, and the cultural insights we can gain from them. Project Room 1.06 50 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue Book your free spot via Microsoft Forms
Nov 16 2023 16.00 - 19.00 'You Already Speak Arabic!': Arabic Loanwords in European Languages An in-person language awareness workshop focused on exploring the amount of Arabic loanwords we use in our daily lives as English speakers, and the cultural insights we can gain from them.
